12 replies to this topic

[jewelshisen]

I have a program that is supposed to print out two lines of text. However when I run the program it always tries to print a single line. How can i seperate them?

[AndreWalia]

print("This is my first line!")
print("This is my second line!")

Ignore everything I just said

[NDFJay]

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

[jewelshisen]

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

[NDFJay]

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

what are you trying to print? it should work with 2 seperate print functions to print on seperate lines but compiling then into 1 makes the code cleaner, both ways should work

post your code if it still doesnt work

[NDFJay]

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

forget everything I said... try this

n = peripheral.wrap("left") --n is the printer
n.newPage()
n.write("Text for line 1 here")
n.setCursorPos(1,2)
n.write("Tesxt for line 2 here")
n.endPage()

[theoriginalbit]

Also please note that this is the wrong section to post this. Please request this to be moved to the "Ask a Pro" section. Click "report" on any reply or the OP and type in the box the request to move to the correct section and if you ever need any help again post it directly to the "Ask a pro" section.

Also it is good practise to include the code that you have currently got so that we can take a look at it and suggest fixes to you

[jewelshisen]

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

forget everything I said... try this

n = peripheral.wrap("left") --n is the printer
n.newPage()
n.write("Text for line 1 here")
n.setCursorPos(1,2)
n.write("Tesxt for line 2 here")
n.endPage()

YES! It fixed it! See everytime i tried to use \n to make a new line it just returned a ? and kept on the same line!

[NDFJay]

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 01:15 PM, said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

forget everything I said... try this

n = peripheral.wrap("left") --n is the printer
n.newPage()
n.write("Text for line 1 here")
n.setCursorPos(1,2)
n.write("Tesxt for line 2 here")
n.endPage()

YES! It fixed it! See everytime i tried to use \n to make a new line it just returned a ? and kept on the same line!

its a bit odd, the wiki says it works the same as the term and mon API's but apparently not, theres probably something we're missing but either way it works now

[Orwell]

term.write also ignores '\n'. Support for '\n' is implemented in the write and print functions from bios.lua . You can easily take those 2 functions and adjust it to support monitors and/or printers.

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier.

[NDFJay]

Orwell, on 21 December 2012 - 01:36 PM, said:

term.write also ignores '\n'. Support for '\n' is implemented in the write and print functions from bios.lua . You can easily take those 2 functions and adjust it to support monitors and/or printers.

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier.

Thats actually a good point, I've spent so much time in the "Ask A Pro" section lately I didnt even notice it was in the wrong place lol I think I need sleep, my brains not functioning right... maybe after one more line of code

[theoriginalbit]

Orwell, on 21 December 2012 - 01:36 PM, said:

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier.

I mentioned it

[Orwell]

TheOriginalBIT, on 21 December 2012 - 01:46 PM, said:

Orwell, on 21 December 2012 - 01:36 PM, said:

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier.

I mentioned it

Oh yes, you mentioned it quite lengthy. Didn't notice that earlier.